Playboy Interview: Jay Leno

December, 1990

Playboy Interview: Jay LenoThe man Time magazine has called "the hottest stand-up comedian in America" once described himself in a high school classmate's yearbook as a "future retired millionaire." Jay Leno was half right about his prospects. At the age of 40, the "Bruce Springsteen of comedy" is earning upwards—and some would suggest far upwards—of $3,000,000 a year. What he was wrong about was the retirement.Leno may never retire. In a world seemingly obsessed wi...